I see you're in Maryland. Are you ever running at Fedex Field? It's a pretty fun place to run and you can get some pretty good speed going. There's also a large pool of talent to draw experience from.
Earlier this year I was at a test and tune event, autocrossing the car for the first time. In the middle of a run the "Service AdvanceTrac" comes up. I didn't even know what it was at first. Once I figured it out I thought I had just overworked the system during the run. Someone else showed me...
Comfort wise I like the R as a daily driver. I daily an Evo X MR and R's suspension is much more compliant than the stock Bilsteins on the Evo. That together with the electronic package makes the R seem like a luxury car in comparison.
I do have reservations about parking it in random parking...